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Good thing is, a clean install of Windows 7 on an SSD will figure out the proper alignment without having to dick around with it. Read through the material VistaKing posted just to get a grasp things. A clean install is a clean install though, so not much to be done there. You might luck up and not have to update the firmware. I like the steps you have laid out after installation.....clean install, etc......that is how I do things. When I get everything going and get to a good spot, I would make an image so you can revert back to that if anything happens.

Good thing is, a clean install of Windows 7 on an SSD will figure out the proper alignment without having to dick around with it. Read through the material VistaKing posted just to get a grasp things. A clean install is a clean install though, so not much to be done there. You might luck up and not have to update the firmware. I like the steps you have laid out after installation.....clean install, etc......that is how I do things. When I get everything going and get to a good spot, I would make an image so you can revert back to that if anything happens.

Hum I blew that one eh? too much speed not enough haste my Mum used to say

There's no need to format the drive in another computer first. I always prefer to start a clean install with a blank drive. Diskpart, per the tutorial can be used to set up the drive with the proper alignment during the first screen of the install process.

BSOD playing Guild Wars 2, recent SSD install and fresh install of W7I just added a new SSD drive and installed a fresh copy of Win 7 Enterprise. I have had a previous driver issue with this system in the past. The amazing people on this site helped me work it out. Now for the life I just can't seem to sort it out again myself this time.
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BSOD on fresh install when install updates, misc error codesMy system info is in my profile, installing Windows 7 x64 Ultimate Retail. Attached is all of the report info.
I have no idea what is going on. Whenever I try to install all of the Windows updates it blue screens. Then it will reboot, try to apply the updates, and blue screen again. I've run...

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